TECHNICAL REPORT 2020 PHOTO CONTEST Foreword
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TECHNICAL REPORT 2020 PHOTO CONTEST Foreword This report is designed to enable informed conversation within our community of professional visual journalism and storytelling. his is the fifth edition of the World Press Photo Foundation’s Over the past year, we launched two new programs to encourage Ttechnical report reviewing the annual photo contest. Each year a more diverse and inclusive representation of the world: the our commitment to transparency means we make public data Solutions Visual Journalism Initiative (SVJI) in partnership MIAP, on the contest related to issues of diversity, representation, and the Message in a Photo foundation and the Solutions Journalism verification. Network, and The West Africa Visual Journalism Fellowship in partnership with the Chocolonely Foundation. This report is designed to enable informed conversation within our community of professional visual journalism and storytelling and is In the years to come we are committed to continue expanding not intended to be a comprehensive presentation of all aspects of our efforts to support and encourage an inclusive, diverse visual all the relevant issues. journalism industry. WPPF TECHNICAL REPORT | 01 The World Press Photo Foundation and the World Press Photo Contest he annual World Press Photo Contest is one of the World the global audience through high quality, non-fiction reporting TPress Photo Foundation's most important and best-known and storytelling that can be trusted. programs. Being a global platform gives the foundation the responsibility The contest rewards photographers for the best single exposure to present the best, most accurate and compelling work, even pictures contributing to the past year of visual journalism. though the foundation has not directly chosen this work. As such, Whether entered as singles or stories, these pictures are judged without restricting the jury’s decisions, the foundation asks the in terms of their accurate, fair, and visually compelling insights jury to consider issues of representation when it was deliberating about our world. on the entries: The foundation sets the contest categories and rules, requires • Whether the images and stories under consideration repeat entrants to accept the contest code of ethics, and selects the jury. well-known examples or are distinctive Once appointed, the jury, chair, and secretary are independent of the foundation, and no member of the foundation has a vote • Whether the images and stories under consideration on which image or story wins. This year, 17 professionals – reinforce or challenge stereotypes nine women and eight men coming from various photography backgrounds, with representation from six global regions – • Whether graphic and violent photographs are appropriate for selected the winning images. the story presented, especially when they involve vulnerable people Once the winners have been selected and announced, they are all presented to the world via the foundation's website and social • Whether issues of the subjects' consent appear to have been media channels, and are included in our annual exhibition and appropriately handled by the photographer yearbook. These showcases mean many millions of people around the world will see the images, often for the first time. The foundation recognizes these are often matters of judgment, but they indicate some of the issues World Press Photo deals with World Press Photo is a platform that connects professionals and as it presents the visual stories that matter to the world. WPPF TECHNICAL REPORT | 02 The number of entrants and submitted photos 2012 - 2020 The 2020 Photo Contest saw 4,282 photographers from 125 countries enter 73,996 images. TOTAL NUMBER OF ENTRANTS PER YEAR TOTAL NUMBER OF SUBMITTED PHOTOS PER YEAR SUBMITTED YEAR ENTRANTS COUNTRIES PHOTOS 2012 5,247 124 101,254 2013 5,666 124 103,481 2014 5,754 132 98,671 2015 5,692 131 97,912 2016 5,775 128 82,951 2017 5,034 126 80,408 2018 4,548 125 73,044 2019 4,738 128 78,801 2020 4,282 125 73,996 In 2020 we saw a 456 decrease in the number of entrants from 2019. WPPF TECHNICAL REPORT | 03 The top countries with 100 or more entrants 2018 - 2020 COUNTRIES WITH MORE THAN THE TOP THIRTEEN COUNTRIES BY ENTRANTS 2018 - 2020 2018 2019 2020 100 ENTRANTS China 678 589 521 United States 470 540 449 Italy 353 332 324 France 180 230 205 United Kingdom 172 219 185 Spain 229 213 179 Germany 182 200 193 Russia 173 156 147 India 139 137 121 Poland 139 122 112 Brazil 108 112 108 Netherlands 98 105 102 Iran 97 100 73 he geographic distribution of entrants is weighted of entrants, 6.6% were from South America, 4.5% from was a decrease in entrants from Asia (-0.6%) Southeast Ttowards Europe and Asia, with the 2020 data showing Southeast Asia and Oceania, and 2.7% from Africa. From Asia Oceania (-0.5%), Africa (-0.1%) and North and Central 47.7% of entrants came from Europe and 23.1% from 2019, there was an increase in the proportion of entrants America (-1.3%). Asia. North and Central America was the source of 14.5% from South America (+0.4%) and Europe (+1.1%). There WPPF TECHNICAL REPORT | 04 ENTRANTS BY CONTINENT Encouraging a more diverse and inclusive representation of the photographers from African and South American countries - journalists and storytellers from Burkina Faso, Ghana, and world is a major goal for World Press Photo and we campaign previously underrepresented - to enter the contest. Côte d’Ivoire. We work regularly with Women Photograph, all year round to attract new visual storytellers to enter the Everyday Africa, Foto Feminas, the editors of Depth of Field, contests. In addition to the 6x6 Global Talent Program, the African and other organizations bringing different representations Photojournalism Database and the Joop Swart Masterclass, of the world that are often overlooked to the audience, giving As part of our 2020 Contests outreach campaign, we organized over the past year we expanded our Develop programs to them a platform in our online magazine Witness and Instagram meetups with photographers in Nairobi, Kenya; Dar es-Salaam, include two new initiatives: the Solutions Visual Journalism account. Tanzania; Siem Reap, Cambodia; Bangkok, Thailand; Hanoi, Initiative supported by the MIAP Foundation to promote and Vietnam; and Maputo, Mozambique. We also reached out to produce visual journalism with a solutions focus and the West It is clear from the data that further work is needed to improve organizations and individuals as part of an extensive online Africa Visual Journalism Fellowship in partnership with the diversity. It will take time, and we are committed to it. outreach effort focused on attracting female entrants and Chocolonely Foundation to support three emerging visual WPPF TECHNICAL REPORT | 05 2020 Contest Outreach Photographers meetup in Dar es-Salaam, Tanzania, 2019 Photographers workshop in Hanoi, Vietnam, 2019 Photographers meetup in Siem Reap, Cambodia, 2019 WPPF TECHNICAL REPORT | 06 Gender of contest entrants 2012-2020 GENDER OF ENTRANTS n total, 80% of the 2020 Photo Contest entrants identify One hindrance to clarity on this topic is the fact that Ias male, 19.5% identify as female, and 0.5% prefer not we do not know what proportion of the professional to say or identify with another gender. The number of photojournalism industry is female, so we cannot female entrants has started to increase over the past confirm whether or not the proportion of female entrants five years. In 2015, the proportion of female entrants is reflective of the industry. was 15%. WPPF TECHNICAL REPORT | 07 Contest entries by category NUMBER OF PHOTOS ENTERED AS SINGLES OR STORIES PER CATEGORY CATEGORY SINGLES STORIES CONTEMPORARY ISSUES 3759 1395 ENVIRONMENT 1597 657 GENERAL NEWS 2994 624 NATURE 1243 165 PORTRAITS 3681 822 SPORTS 2856 467 SPOT NEWS 1071 225 LONG-TERM PROJECTS 473 17201 4828 WPPF TECHNICAL REPORT | 08 Award nominees by country his table shows the number of awards per country from country is counted twice. The table does not include either changed after announcement, when dual nationalities are T2012-2020, not the number of winning photographers. nominees for or winners of World Press Photo of the Year sometimes declared by photographers. 0.5 indicates dual For 2012-2017 it shows winners and for 2018-2020 and Story of the Year. Note also that the nationalities of nationality. As entries are judged anonymously, the country it shows nominees. This means if a photographer is the nominees and winners are provided by the entrants of entrants is not a visible factor during the judging process. nominated for or awarded a prize in two categories, the when they submit, and on occasion the nationalities have COUNTRY 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 TOTAL USA 7 4 11 9 9 5 10 10 5 70 ITALY 7 6 3 9 2 4 5 3 6 45 GERMANY 1 1 3 2 2 3 5 1.5 2 20.5 AUSTRALIA 1 2 2 1 4 2 2 3 3 20 CHINA 3 4 3 6 2 1 1 20 RUSSIA 3 1 3 3 2 4 1 1 1 19 FRANCE 4 1 4 2 1 2 1 2 2 19 SPAIN 2 3 2 2 3 1 1.5 3 17.5 SWEDEN 3 1 1 1 4 1 2 1.5 14.5 UK 2 1 4 1 2 2 1.5 1 14.5 SOUTH AFRICA 2 1 1 1 1 1 2.5 3 12.5 THE NETHERLANDS 5 1 1 3 1.5 11.5 IRAN 1 3 1 2 1 1 2 11 CANADA 1 1 2 2 1 0.5 2 9.5 POLAND 2 2 3 1 1 9 DENMARK 2 4 1 1 1 9 MEXICO 1 1 1 2 2 1 8 BELGIUM 2 1 1 1 2 7 TURKEY 1 2 1 1 1 1 7 BRAZIL 1 2 2 1 6 JAPAN 3 1 2 6 IRELAND 1 1 2 1 5 SYRIA 2 2 1 5 WPPF TECHNICAL REPORT | 09 Award nominees by country COUNTRY 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 TOTAL BANGLADESH 2 1 1 4 CZECH REPUBLIC 1 1 1 1 4 ARGENTINA 1 1 1 3 INDIA 1 1 1 3 PORTUGAL 1 1 1 3 HUNGARY 1 1 1 3 SERBIA 1 1 1